What is recorded here

Partially hachured is a fairy fort or ringfort in Johnstown (moygoish By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 OS Fair Plan map depicts the site as an oval-shaped enclosure annotated as a fort with a diameter of approximately 36 metres north-south and 30 metres east-west. Situated on a slight rise on the northwest face of a prominent hill, the levelled monument had no visible surface remains during the survey, though a faint crop mark was visible on a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011.

Situated on a slight rise on the NW face of a prominent hill with extensive views from NW-N-NE. The road which marks the townland boundary with Wattstown is 10m to W and the townland boundary with Ballyedward is 50m to N. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped enclosure annotated as a ‘fort’ (approx. diam. 36m N-S; 30m E-W). No surface remains visible of levelled monument. Visible as a faint crop mark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

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